page_title: Grave of Sukarno
section_title: Current status
hierarchical_section_title: Grave of Sukarno / History / Current status
caption_attribution_description: English: Pilgrims at Sukarno's Grave in Blitar, East Java (2016)
context_page_description: The grave of Sukarno is the grave of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president, in Blitar, East Java. Initially an ordinary grave where he was buried shortly after his death, a mausoleum was constructed in the late 1970s and the site evolved into a political and religious pilgrimage site, receiving hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
context_section_description: Sukarno's grave presently is a common site for political pilgrimages - many politicians visit the grave prior to announcing their runs for office, including Joko Widodo, Prabowo Subianto and Megawati Sukarnoputri prior to their presidential campaigns in 2014, 2019 and 2004, respectively. It was estimated in 2015 that the number of "political pilgrims" to Sukarno's grave numbered between 400 to 500 thousand every year.
  The second type of visitors to the grave are spiritual pilgrims, primarily Muslims. Although veneration of the dead is often considered blasphemy within Islam, there is strong Javanese tradition of visiting "holy men" graves (such as the Wali Sanga), and tens of thousands of Javanese Muslims visit Sukarno's grave each year in order to obtain his spiritual blessing. It is also a popular tourism destination. There is also an annual tradition for the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces to visit the grave annually on each 18 September, the anniversary date for the TNI.
  As of 2019, Blitar's tourism agency recorded around 1,500 visits to the grave on average each day. The site has been a significant driver for the local economy due to the number of tourists it generates. Since 2017, the municipal government has been charging Rp 3,000 (~US$ 0.2) in entry fees per visitor, their vehicles excluded.
caption: Pilgrims around the grave in 2016
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